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Electron/Proton Aurora Comparison Target Name:   Earth's Aurora Spacecraft:   IMAGE Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  31 May 2000 Related Document IMAGE Spacecraft Takes First Pictures of Electrified Gas Surrounding Earth Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size sicmp.jpg JPEG 1000 x 312 52K sicmp.tif TIFF 1000 x 312 397K With IMAGE we can now simultaneously observe the proton and electron induced aurora. The image of the aurora on the left is from precipitating protons, in the center from precipitating electrons, and on the right from combined protons and electrons. The overlay to the right shows green where the electron aurora dominates, red where the proton aurora dominates, and yellow where both are comparable.

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